Date: Sat, 17 Nov 2001 09:06:19 +0100 From: Erik Trulsson <ertr1013@student.uu.se> To: John Hansen <phenom@wwti.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 4.4 with a NE2000 nic and problems... Message-ID: <20011117090619.A74475@student.uu.se> In-Reply-To: <3BF5D667.14703E08@wwti.com> References: <3BF5D667.14703E08@wwti.com>
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On Fri, Nov 16, 2001 at 09:15:51PM -0600, John Hansen wrote: > Greetings. I have an ISA NE2000 nic card in my 486 dx4-100. I'm > attempting to install FreeBSD 4.4 with two boot > floppies, and a freebsd4.4.install.iso cd-rom. > > I finally figured out how to get the setting in the kernel to match > those on the nic. I set the jumpers to 0x300, and > irq 5, because that is what the kernel has liked best from the start. In > other words, reguardless of settings, I could > get the kernel to report that a 'ed0' interface was present, and even > configure it, but not work. I've set the jumpers > now, and I still can't get it to work. I am still recieving a message of > 'date machine /kernel: ed0: device timeout' > > I was wondering if anyone had any insight into this problem, because > It's getting very old. :P Have you tried actually *using* it? That message doesn't necessarily mean anything is wrong. I get the same message from my NE2000-compatible NICs whenever I turn on the computer without anything attached to the other end of the network cable. -- <Insert your favourite quote here.> Erik Trulsson ertr1013@student.uu.se To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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